Police want to talk to 2 men in Daly City hit-run fatal

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, May 8, 2008

Police said today they have identified two men they want to interview regarding a fatal hit-and-run crash in Daly City.

James Allen Martin, 57, of Daly City was driving a Dodge pickup when he was hit and killed by a Chevrolet Blazer at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Oliver Street about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

The Blazer apparently ran a stop sign at the intersection, police Capt. Michael Edwards said. Martin was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Blazer fled, police said. Evidence found at the crash site led police to a home on nearby Frankfort Street, where officers found a Blazer that may have been the one involved in the crash, Sgt. David Mackriss said.

Three people were interviewed at the home, but none is suspected of being the driver, Edwards said.

Edwards would not release the names of the two men to whom police wish to speak, and he stopped short of calling them suspects.

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